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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06
The BEST CIGARS and TO
BACCO, CIGARETTES, PIPES,
&c, for sale at ALBERT'S.

DURING this, Holy Week, ser
vices in the Catholic church will be
as fallows: Thursday morning at 8
o'clock; evening at o'clock. Friday
morning at s o'clock; evening at Z
o'clock, Easter Sunday two masses
will be celebrated, the first at $50
and the second at 10 o'clock. Inme-
dlately after the last mass the pews
will be rented.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

Mn. W. G. McGimsey, now resi-
ding in New Orleans, passed the Civil
Service examination last week and
was advanced to q classified" ap-
pointment, with a salary of $1,000 per
annum. We, with Macs many friends
here, are rejoiced at his piece of good
luck. That he is competent no one
doubts. We hope to see him still fur
ther advanced.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06
Liver Complaint

Is more surely and speedily cured by the
use Of Ayers sarsaparilla, than by any
other remedy. s*I was great sufferer
from liver troubles, and never found any
thing that gave me permanent relief until
I began taking Ayers Sarsaparilla, about
two years ago. A few bottles of this med
icine produced radical cure. VIM. E.
Baker, los w. Brookline ST., Boston, Mass.
A Remarkable Cure.
Ayers Sarsaparilla has cured me Of as
bad case of Abscess Of the Liver rs any
human being could be afflicted with and
live. was confined to the house for two
years, and, for the last three months Of
that time, WAS unable to leave my bed,
Four physicians treated me without Civ
ing relief, and, in fact, nothing helped me,
until I tried Ayers Sarsaparila. After
using a quarter Of a bottle of this medi.
cine began to feel better, and every
additional dose seemed to bring new
health and strength. used three bottles,
and am now able to attend to my business.
l walk to town - one mile distant and
return, without difficulty. Ayers Sarsa-
parilla has accomplished all this for me.
w. s. Miner, Carson City, Mich.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
Prepared by Dr. j. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, Is.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06
AT ALBERT'S

On motion it was
Resolved, That the thanks of this Com
pany are extended to Maj. F. NJ. Raxs-
dale, who SO kindly dressed, free of
charge, the lumber to be used for the
purpooe Of putting the floor in our Truck
room. JACOB HAYNES,
A. BaER, President
SecfY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

The Lake Charles Echo saws the
North and South road when built, will
open up one of the richest sections of
Louisiana, and will be the making of
the town of Alexandria.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

-WHAT q pity our brave and
hrainy companion over the way should
not have long ago championed some
other cause than prohibition. He
would have made million in little
while. AS fighter he's success
if you kon't believe it, why smell Of
his boots.
On Friday night last, Mr.. W. H.
Hastings, who has a store on the outer
edge of the corporation limits, was
robbed of $3.50, which he had in a
trunk in the store at the time. He
had gone to the Morgan depot when
the occurrence happened, aud was ma
king arrangements at the time to send
said money to his merchants in New
Orleans, Schmidt & Zeigler. One or
two parties are suspected, but as yet
no one has been caught
AT Sherif7s sale on Saturday, j.
A. c. Wadsworth, of New Orleans,
was the purchaser of the eden plan
tation Oh Bayou Rapides, paying there.
for s3050. The $50 acres of land
owned by the Tramway Company was
bought by Capt. G. P. Truslow, of
the Red River and Coast Line for
$1,000. $50 acres Of pine land aud
100 acres of open land on Bayou
Bonef was sold to John Phelps 4 Co.
of New Orleans, for $4,000.
ON the 14th and 18th inst, at the
B'nai Birth Hall, in this Town, Prof.
A. W. Parace will have a public ex-
animation of his pupils. Years ago,
when in vogue here, these examina-
tons were always attended by the pa
rents of pupils, and they should be
now. By their presence they encour-
age both the scholar and the teacher.
Prof. Pardee is good teacher, as our
readers are aware, and we trust lie will
have an apprecia,ive audience on the
Hays of his examination. At any rate
we shall endeavor to be present on the
occasion.
THE assertion about prohibition in
is in effect saying that the
people of the town are not and do not
propose to be a law-abiding people, and
have become so much demOralized that
they will stand by and see men openly
violate law and make criminals of them
selves without making any effort to see
the offenders punished this is just the
position occupied by the people of Alex
indria if the assertions of the DEMOCRAT
be true.-[Correspondent in Town Talk.
The "assertlon" is no such thing,
and as for Alexandrians being ode
noralized," why that is all nonsense.
And they will not stand by either and
see men violate the law. No such po-
'itioa is occupieu by the citizens of
his community. Put this in your pipe,
Prohibition" and smoke it.
-DIsrR1cr Court, regular April
ERIN, with Judge Blackman presiding,
here on Monday. The fol-
owing is the Grand Jury drawn:
l. j. B. Carnal, Foreman;
2. F. G. Baden,
8. V. A. Nichols,
4. VIM. Griffin, co!ored,
5. w. L. Baillio, .
6. WIN. Kline,
Z. E. NJ. Wells,
s. L. L. Porter, colored,
9. George SOUTHWEST,
10. G. G. Marler,
II. H. Fitzpatrick,
l2. Sydney Tanner,
10. Bundy Cummins, colored,
ID. E. NJ. Brashear,
Is. j. M. Bonnet,
L6. G. III. Burnaman.
The Police Jury will wrestle
With the prohibition matter this week
hat is, they will say whether or not
IN election will be called to give the
people in this and the other wards of
he Parish an opportunity Of voting
again on the question of the prohibit
ing of the sale of liquor. We are
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

We shall! look for an early apol-
ogy from onr friend Mask, for com-
pairing himself to either Jay Gould or
Alex. Stephens. The difference in
tellectually, metaphysicallv, railroad
ically and otherwise is as IL mountain
to u mole hill.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

The Police Jury will wrestle
with the prohibition matter this week;
that is, they will say whether or not
an election will be called to give the
people in this and the other wards of
the Parish an opportunity of voting
again on the question of the prohibit
ting of the sale of liquor. We are
almost certain that the Jury will Or
der an election. as they can hardly do
otherwise, taking into consideration
the petitions presented to them. Be-
sides which they are not the rulers of
the people but their servants, and
when the people speak out as they
have on this subject their wishes
should be needed and their demands
answered. Give US another election,
gentlemen, in the Alexandria Ward at
least, and forever settle this at present
much mixed up and most bothersome
question.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

For RENr.-The building formerly
occupied by the Town Talk as a print
ing office, aud the small building adj
joining, situated on Murray street.
Also the brick store house on Front
street, adjoining the brick warehouse
of Rogers & Williams. For terms, etc.
apply at this office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
April 4, 1857.
Pursuant to adjournment the City
Council met this day at O'clock P. NJ.
Present:
Thos. Crawley, Mayor,
II. S. Gossens,
L. j. Sullivan,
N. L. McGiuuis,
Jacob Irving,
Jonas Rosenthal.
The minutes of the last meeting,
March 7th: we're read and approved.
The Treasurer's report was read
and approved, and showed a balance
on band of SS3O.S4.
The Collectors settlement showed
the following collections since the 7th
day Of March:
Taxes collected, 1886. 1920 Is
Licenses ...................... 267 o0
wharfage .................... 90 w
$500 IS
During the recess of the Board two
werrants were issued, the first in re-
demption of registered scrip in favor
of Stonewall Hook and Ladder Com
pany tor IS, as per resolution adopted
January Gath, 1887; the second in ia
vor of F. NJ. Raxsdale for Sl72. 90,
part payment on contract to repair
City Hall.
During the recess of Board warrants
were issued in payment of following
approved accounts taken up by the
Csllector in payment of Licenses, tax
es, ETC.:
NJ. w. Calvit, Constable's salary
February, 1887 ................ $40 90
+. NJ. Raxsdale, planning lumber. 5 36
Julius Levin, lumber. ............ SO 26
Thos. Crawley, part Mayors salary
February, 1887 ................ 25 90
Jacob Geiger, coal oil for Hook
4
Pacific Fire Co., part Engineers
salary November, 1884, and Feb
ruary, 1887. ................... IS 90
Democrat, job printing. .......... 90
Stonewall Hook and Ladder Co.,
for buckets bought for use at the
fire of Jan. 3lst ................ l 60
L. Baltic, Constable salary for
July, 1884. As 90
Pat OConnor, drainage ditch..... SO 90
W, C.. 1 MoGamsey ysI part Mayors sal -
John B. Gibson, work OH streets. 6 90
1851 80
The following bills were read, ap.
proved aud made receivable for all
dues to Corporation:
Thos. Crawley, Mayors sala-
ry March ............... $50 90
NJ. w. Calvit, Constable's sal
airy March .............. 40 90
Pacific Fire Co., Engineers
salary March ............ IS 90
DEMOCRAT, printing to April
LIST, 1887. ............... IS 90
"A. b. Rachal, Secretary's sal
airy Febry and March. 49,. 10 SO
Stnnewall Hook and Ladder
Company, Custodian's sala-
ry Febry and March. $50. 8 SO
j. B. Gibson, street work -. Is 35
M. w. Calvit, incidental bill. 8 as
Jacob Irving, {" 8 IS
|. G. Miller & Co., CRATE, pipe,
etc, for engine room. 49,. 6 10
Geo. R. Marsh & Bro, work
on engine and hose. ...... DOL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

Born To Mrs. Herman c. Dun
can, on Thursday night, March 3lst,
fine son.
TO Mrs. Chas. S. Miles, at noon
OIL Friday, April 1st, 1887, a daughter
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

WHAT pity our brave and
hrainy companion over the way should
not have long ago championed some
other cause than prohibition. He
would have made million in little
while. AS fighter he's success
if you kon't believe it, why smell of
his boots.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06

Louisiana Democrat,
TERMS:
One copy one year. o.
Siy months. L Il
Three months. .............. Z;
wednesday, April g, 1885,
TINE TABLE:
Texas AMI Pacific Railroad
For Marshall:
Leave Alexandria. ZAP a. u
For Nctc Orleans:
Leave Alexandria Hiss D. n
Morgan's La, & Texas r. R
Arrives at Alexandria. -. $3.50 p. n
Leaves Alexandria. ..... $3.50 a. n
SY First. class fare from AlexaDd
ria to New Orleans, by either of thu
above named roads, costs S6S5. q
Town and Parish News
-- ----------- -- -----
-HILLER's groceries are the fresh
est his prices the lowest.
Our friend over the way la.
transformed himself into the "Grea
l am"
For an iEestimaLle amount OF
gush and nonsense commend US to the
last issue of the I0acR TUX.
The Compress meeting, called
for last Monday, was not held. II
will take place on Saturday.
The editor of the IoscN Talk is a
logical (?) rcasoner in his own way
"only this and nothing more"
JONAS Hitler, on Front street, is
selling his dry goods and groceries
lower than the lowest. Give him :.
call and save money.
We have it from good authority
that Capt. Dick Sinnott will subscribe
to our Cotton Compress. Let the COM
mittee here write to Capt. Dick on the
subject.
Born To Mrs. Herman G. Dun
can, on Thursday night, March 3lst,
fine son.
To Mrs. Chas. S. Miles, at noon
OIL Friday, April 1st, 1887, a daughter
The Lake Charles Echo SAYS the
North and South road when built, will
open up one of the richest sections of
Louisiana, and will be the making of
the town of Alexandria.
III man wishes to sell whiskev
he stands in his own light-the YER
sion given by the Torn Talk, in its
rampant advocacy of Prohibition
Great JeLosaphat and the world
continues to move.
We shall! look for an early apol-
ogy from onr friend Mask, for con-
pairing himself to either Jay Gould or
Alex. Stephens. The difference in
tellectually, metaphysically, railroad
ically and otherwise is as IL mountain
to 4 mole hill.
For RENr.-The building formerly
occupied by the 7'oeon Talk as a print
ing Office, aud the small building adj
joining, situated on Murray street.
Also the brick store house on Front
street, adjoining the brick warehouse
of Rogers & Williams. For terms, etc.
apply at this office.
Mr.. W. G. McGimsey, now resi-
ding in New Orleans, passed the Civil
Service examination last week and
was advanced to a classified" APP
pointment, with salary of $1,000 per
annum. We, with Macs many friends
here, are rejoiced at his piece of good
luck. That he is competent no one
doubts. We hope to see him still fur
ther advanced.
The BEST CIGARS and TO
BACCO, CIGARETTES, PIPES,
&c, for sale at ALBERT'S.
DURING this, Holy Week, ser
vices in the Catholic church will be,
as fallows: Thursday morning at s
o'clock; evening at 7 o'clock. Friday
morning at s o'clock; evening at 7
o'clock. Easter Sunday two masses
Will be celebrated, the first at $50
and the second at 10 o'clock. Imme-
dlatelV aftar tbo L.. - =,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22
A farmer residing near vandalia, Ohio

A farmer residing near Vandalia, Ohio,
is the last victim OF the "paint swindlc."
A short time ago q man called at his resi-
dence and claimed to have very supe-
rior and cheap article of "patent paint"
and backed up the claim by making a
contract to paint the farmers house and
barn for $50 complete. The farmer
signed an "order" for the job, and this
order afterward presented itself in the
shape of a note for $780, Shortly after
two men drove up to the farm house and
proceeded to go into spasms, claiming
the "patent paint" as their own inycn.
ton, which was being infringed on, but
finally offered compromise in the shape
of doing the job themselves for certain
sum, and standing between the farmer
and the former contractor. A sum of
money was also paid this cargo of swim
oilers, and another contract drawn up,
which turned up promptly as a note for
$155, with the first note for $3.50 being
pressed for payment, besides the cash in
vested. Notwithstanding the many
warnings of the press, farmers all over
the country arc continually allowing
themselves to be swiudlcd by signing APP
parently harmless papers presented by
atran0ers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22
A Duel In Far Western STYLE.

tP'raps you don't remember when
Wild Bill killed Dave Tutt2Well, l guess
not. You must have been quite a kid
then. Dave said Bill owed him money,
an Bills watch bein' on the table Dave
p cked it up and said he flowed he'd
keep the watch until Bill paid him the
money. Bill said he didn't owe Dave no
money, but Dave said he did, an stuck
to it. Bill looked kinder queer when he
said, Dave, you'd bet er put down that
watch, but Dave laughed an said he
didn't give a cuss. Dave said, Bill, Pm
goin' to pack that watch across the
square at noon to-morrer,' and Bill knew
that was challenge. Tut was an old
scout an not 'fraid O. nobody an could
knock the eye out O. an eagle on dollar
as far as he could see the coin. The next
day at noon there was crowd on the
square, cause it was shootiu' match
with seein'.
Jest at noon Tut started to cross the
square an purity soon Bill was seen also
on the other side. We was holdin' our
breath for it was life an death to two
O the bravest men that ever drawed.
TUFTS friend was on one side of the
square an Bills on the other. Bills
near Tut an TUFTS near Bill. When the
men reached the middle of the square,
bein' quite distance apart, though,
they turned to- ard each other. an both
pistols went off at once, as though they
was only one. Bill didn't wait to see the
effect of his shot, but turned to TUFTS
friends an throwin' his gun down on
lem remarked very quiet an gentlem'nly
Are you satisfied, gentlem'n3 They was
an never said nothing. Just then Tut,
who had been standin' still an movin'
his pistol as though he was goin' to fire
again, staggered little an dropped
without groan. Bills bullet had caught
him through the heart, while his ball
had tore through Bilps hat, just raisin'
the hair slightly. That was duel, now,
an don't you fergit it, an the whole
town was seconds. There wasn't no bust
ness done until after it was settled, an
everybody agreed that the thing was
bang up an on the square. No pun in
tended. p Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22

A writer in the ChautauQuan says that
'the applications of electricity are daily
becoming more varied, and the remark
able growth of electrical industries is a
subject of interest to most observing
people. 1t is difficult to realize that
only ten years ago the commercial appli-
cations of electricity with which the
public was familiar might have been
summed up in the electric telegraph and
its subsidiary systems, and yet, such is
the fact. Nevertheless, the money value
of the capital invested in electrical enter
priscs at the present time is probably
only exceeded, in any single industry,
by the amount invested in steam trans.
portation and in municipal gas lighting.
This rapid extension of the electrical arts
is not largely due, however, to the dis
covery of new principles nor to inventions
of a revolutionary character, but chiefly
to the pcrfecting of details and practical
notifications in old systems operated by
well-known methods"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


There are 900 Protestant pastors in
France.
Sugar is put into cement to increase
its strength.
The Russian empire is conn osed Of 80
governments and provinces.
Buildings for nine different colleges
are now going up in Wichita, Kan.
There are 5000 libraries containing
1000 volumes or more in this country
Henry Ward Beecher's lectures are
selling in England at one penny each.
Caoutchouc has been extracted from
the sonchus oleraceus, O common weed
in France.
Egyptian petroleum IS adapted for
lubricating and fuel purposes and not
for lighting.
Bulls for fighting are worth $500 in
Mexico, where the sport was never so
popular as now.
The gulf stream has velocity Of five
miles, and is so mines wide in its mar.
rowest place.
Germany to-day has II, 900, 900 work
ingmen. Only about 200, 900 of this
enormous mass are organized.
San Diego, CAL, has one of the wisest
Cinnamon in the world. He is laundry
man, and he has kept an advertisement
running 10 the local paper for fifteen
years.
Four thousand horseshoes were re-
Gently sent to Cuba yet the ever-faith-
full isle continues to have its usual run of
bad luck.
There are $50 newspapers and maya
zines in the United States published by
colored men. The largest of these, the
New York Enterprise, has a circulation
of 5000 copies per week.
Census returns in Ireland have been
made since in 1921, when the popula-
ton was 9 sol, S27; it then increased
until it reached s, 100, S53 in 1841, and
is now 8, TIA, 1886, with a steady annual
decrease.
The stingray is the natural enemy of
San Francisco oysters. The fish has a
powerful pair of jaws, with which he
considers it no trick whatever to smash the
shells of an oyster into powder, after
which he sucks the meat into his stomach
and discards the rocky debris.
Professor ]. s. Newberry defines an
earthquake, so far as present knowledge
permits it to be defined, as a movement
caused by shrinking, from the loss of
heat, of the heated interior of the earth,
and the crushing together and displace-
ment of the rigid exterior as it accom-
modates itself to the contracting nu-
cleus.
A physician, referring to the custom Of
travelling on sleeping cars with the
berths made up with their heads toward
the engine, said: 'It is certainly bad
for the brain of the sleeper, as it is not
natural, and it is no wonder that SO
many travellers, especially those who
have been on the road exclusively, ex'
perience bad effects from it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22
A Life Ma de Niiaern hHa


By dyspepsia is scarcely worth the living. A
capricious appetite heartburn, puzzling ner-
vous symphonic, increased action of the heart
after eating, sinking in the abdomen between
meals, and fatulence after, are among the sue.
cessive iNdieid Of this harrassing complaint.
Two things only are needful for its removal.
A resort TO / ostetter's oLach BitteIs, and
persistence in its use. These remedial meas
ulej being adopted, ~ q iS certain: Taken
lnmeuiately before OF u ter neals, thls 3 ca.
juice, the natural solven o: tde food. The ner-
vous and bilious symptoms c inscluent upon
chronic indigestion disappears las the complaint
gradually Yields to tbs corrective and invigo-
rating influence of the Bitter'. Appetite re-
turns, sleep becomes more re .shing, and as
muscular power incre ases 0n1 the mind grows
sanguine. Use the Bitters Tor calls and lever,
and rheumatism.
In the Sandwich Islands all children be-
tween the ages Of six and fifteen are oblige
To utfpnH GobOpI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22

Jose Sevilla, Peruvian, who has re
Gently bequeathed $500, 900 to found an
asylum for young girls in New York, laid
the foundation of his fortune by the i'm.
portation of Chinese into his native
country. He came to this country and
invested in bonds and railroad securities.
He was mercenary in the extreme and
never INDUCED in the amenities of social
life. He was very successful specula-
tor, and his fortune is estimated at
$1,500,00O. Before coming to this coun-
try he had occupied the position of Min
lister of Finance in Peru. His great
hobby was to be known after death as a
great philanthropist. He had high ad-
miration for New York. Sevilla left this
country about year ago. and died in
January at Lima.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22

Grave doubts have recently been cas-,
on NJ. Pasteur's success in curing hydro.
phobia. The weight of English scientific
opinion is now adverse to his treatment
for anthrax in cattle. His method in
both these cases is the same. BY inocu.
lating the virus of specific contagious
disease from one starving animal to an.
other, he claims that at length the poi
son is so weakened that if received by
man only the harmless symptoms of the
disease will appear, and that the body
will be protected against future attacks,
the disease never occurring twice in a
lifetime. The theory is beautiful, but il
has not been successful in practice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22

President Chaunccy NJ. Depcw is test
ing the various methods for heating and
lighting the cars of the New York Central
Railroads lines without danger from fire
in the event of accidents. Experiments
are being made with electric lighting ma.
chimes, storcd-up gas and hot-watcr APP.
paratus, and doubtless some efficient,
practical system will grow out of the in.
genuity expended on these essays. A
train has already been successfully run
from Boston to the Grand Central Depot,
in New York, thoroughly heated for 24O
miles by the Martin steam-hcating ap,
paratus and lighted by electricity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-04-22
Common Sense.

-. The proprietors of tbs Aoxie Nerve Food
that IS creating such excitement all over IN,
country as q remedy for the liquor habit anS
nervous exhaustion, or results of overwork
talk the best sense yet. They say the nervou
system Is the seat CT life, and controls IN
functions of the body. The functions OF th
body are TO take nutrition and get rid Of a cor
responding amount Of cd and impure mate
rial II the nerves are strong enough to do this
We are well, and the blood puriies itself ever
day; II not, we are i'll. That is the whole Sys
TEN of health in q nutshell.